Chapter Twenty
Five minutes later, the Argo pulled away from the jumpship and headed toward the destroyer. Jia fired the forward thrusters to slow their ship and prepare for docking. They didn’t have a lot of time to spare, but crashing into the disabled vessel wouldn’t help anyone.
Her attention shifted in a practiced cycle between the different displays, including relative velocities, sensors, and the camera feed. After finishing her checks, her eyes widened at the camera feed.
She fired the lateral thrusters at maximum power, and the Argo lurched to the side. Erik jerked in his seat, looking at her with a question. The answer came a second later when the sensor display lit up with laser turret fire. Erik swept his hand over the virtual control panel in front of him to raise the grav
